Category Archives: Brazil and the world
World Out of Balance
By PAUL KRUGMAN From The New Yok Times Photo by Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times International travel by world leaders is mainly about making symbolic gestures. Nobody expects President Obama to come back from China with major new agreements, on … Continue reading
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Tagged Brazil, China, currency, economy, trade surpluses
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Brazil emerges as a military power
Raúl Zibechi | Translated from: Brasil emerge como potencia militar Translated by: Isabella Weibrecht The recently signed agreements between Brazil and France are about much more than the purchase of armaments. They indicate the creation of a military industrial complex, … Continue reading
2016 Olympic Games: it’s our turn
Brazil celebrates: Rio de Janeiro is to host the 2016 Olympic Games. Elected by the vast majority of votes in the International Olympic Committee, the Marvelous City was competing against cities of the importance of Chicago and Madrid. “Today, Brazil … Continue reading
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Lula and Maria
“A big vote of confidence on Brazil came less than 48 hours before our exclusive interview with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva”, the television network CNBC wrote in an article posted this Monday (28) on its website. The … Continue reading
Obama touts trade in meeting with Brazil’s Dilma Rousseff
REUTERS, WASHINGTON D.C. – President Barack Obama said on Tuesday he wants stronger ties with Brazil, especially in the commercial area, reported yesterday Dilma Rousseff, a top aide and possible candidate to Brazil’s ruler party in 2010 presidential elections. “He … Continue reading
Brazil is ‘dancing through the crisis’, reports FT
Financial Times published yesterday a special report about Brazil. In its front page, the correspondent in Sao Paulo Jonathan Wheatley stated that Brazil is ‘dancing through the economic crisis’. The publication starts from a personal focus on the owners of a Brazilian … Continue reading
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Tagged Brazil, brazilian culture, Brazilian economy, Brazilian Society, Business, Business in Brazil, business opportunities, carnival, cars, Financial Times, flex-fuel, Guido Mantega, investment, Lula, Lula and Sarkozy, Obama, oil in Brazil, safe investment, tourism in Brazil
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G-8 to G-20, a “smooth and elegant” transition
After receiving a death sentence from Brazil’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Celso Amorim, G-8 – group of the seven richest countries and Russia – is now being threatened with a proposal of a “smooth and elegant” disassemble by the Brazilian … Continue reading
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Tagged Brazil, BRIC, Business, business opportunities, Élysée Palace, emerging countries, emerging markets, G-20, G-5, G-8, G-8 summit, Italy, L'Aquila, new world order, Sarkozy
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